{{Oppose vote}} Duncan voted in opposition of HR 1960 - the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014. The bill passed the House on June 14, 2013, with a vote of 315 - 108. Both parties were somewhat divided on the vote.<ref name=ns>[http://votesmart.org/candidate/47967/jeff-duncan?categoryId=61&type=V,S,R,E,F,P#.UlcF7BCBxVI ''Project Vote Smart,'' "Representative Duncan's Voting Records on National Security," accessed October 10, 2013]</ref>

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{{support vote}} Duncan voted in support of HR 2217 - the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2014. The bill passed the House on June 6, 2013, with a vote of 245 - 182 and was largely along party lines.<ref name=ns/>

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{{oppose vote}} Duncan voted in opposition of House Amendment 69, which would have amended HR 3 to "require that the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, in consultation with the Department of Homeland Security, conduct a study of the vulnerabilities of the Keystone XL pipeline to a terrorist attack and certify that necessary protections have been put in place." The amendment failed on May 22, 2013, with a vote of 176 - 239 and was largely along party lines.<ref name=ns/>

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{{Oppose vote}} Duncan voted in opposition of HR 624 - the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. The bill passed the House on April 18, 2013, with a vote of 288 - 127. The bill would allow federal intelligence agencies to share cybersecurity intelligence and information with private entities and utilities.<ref>[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c113:4:./temp/~c113vMEvNq:e679: ''The Library of Congress,'' "H.R.624 Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (Referred in Senate - RFS)," accessed August 27, 2013]</ref> The bill was largely supported by Republicans but divided the Democratic Party.<ref name=ns/>

Issues

Legislative actions

113th Congress

The second session of the 113th Congress enacted into law 114 out of the 3,036 introduced bills (3.8 percent). Comparatively, the 112th Congress had 4.2 percent of introduced bills enacted into law in the second session.[6] For more information pertaining to Duncan's voting record in the 113th Congress, please see the below sections.[7]

National security

National Defense Authorization Act

Duncan voted in opposition of HR 1960 - the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014. The bill passed the House on June 14, 2013, with a vote of 315 - 108. Both parties were somewhat divided on the vote.[8]

Department of Homeland Security Appropriations

Duncan voted in support of HR 2217 - the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2014. The bill passed the House on June 6, 2013, with a vote of 245 - 182 and was largely along party lines.[8]

Keystone Pipeline Amendment

Duncan voted in opposition of House Amendment 69, which would have amended HR 3 to "require that the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, in consultation with the Department of Homeland Security, conduct a study of the vulnerabilities of the Keystone XL pipeline to a terrorist attack and certify that necessary protections have been put in place." The amendment failed on May 22, 2013, with a vote of 176 - 239 and was largely along party lines.[8]

Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act

Duncan voted in opposition of HR 624 - the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. The bill passed the House on April 18, 2013, with a vote of 288 - 127. The bill would allow federal intelligence agencies to share cybersecurity intelligence and information with private entities and utilities.[9] The bill was largely supported by Republicans but divided the Democratic Party.[8]

Economy

Immigration

Healthcare

Social issues

Previous congressional sessions

Fiscal Cliff

Duncan voted against the fiscal cliff compromise bill, which made permanent most of the Bush tax cuts originally passed in 2001 and 2003 while also raising tax rates on the highest income levels. He was 1 of 151 Republicans that voted against the bill. The bill was passed in the House by a 257 - 167 vote on January 1, 2013.[10]

Elections

2014

Duncan was rumored as a possible appointee to Jim DeMint'sU.S. Senate seat. On December 17, 2012, Gov.Nikki Haley announced she had chosen to appoint Representative Tim Scott to fill DeMint's seat beginning in January 2013. Although Duncan was not appointed, he could still run for election to the remainder of the term in 2014.[11][12][13][14]

Full history

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2010
On November 2, 2010, Jeff Duncan won election to the United States House. He defeated Jane Ballard Dyer (D) in the general election.[17]

U.S. House, South Carolina District 3 General Election, 2010

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Republican

Jeff Duncan

65.5%

126,235

Democratic

Jane Ballard Dyer

34.5%

66,497

Total Votes

192,732

Campaign donors

Comprehensive donor information for Duncan is available dating back to 2010. Based on available campaign finance records, Duncan raised a total of $1,577,630 during that time period. This information was last updated on March 28, 2013.[18]

2012

As of March 31, 2012, Duncan had raised $434,108 during the 2012 election cycle and spent $208,043, leaving him with $257,626 cash on hand. Three of his top contributors are Blue Cross/Blue Shield, which gave $10,000; Every Republican is Crucial PAC, which donated $10,000; and Honeywell International, which gave $7,000.[22]

Throughout his career, Duncan has raised $136,850 from Republican individual contributors, $66,946 from retired contributors, and $56,000 from Leadership PACs.[23]

Breakdown of the source of Duncan's campaign funds before the 2012 election.

Duncan won re-election to the U.S. House in 2012. During that re-election cycle, Duncan's campaign committee raised a total of $698,728 and spent $598,247.[24]

Lifetime voting record

According to the website GovTrack, Duncan missed 10 of 1,698 roll call votes from January 2011 to April 2013. This amounts to .6%, which is better than the median of 2.2% among current congressional representatives as of March 2013.[28]

Congressional staff salaries

The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Duncan paid his congressional staff a total of $959,941 in 2011. Overall, South Carolina ranks 31st in average salary for representative staff. The average U.S. House of Representatives congressional staff was paid $954,912.20 in fiscal year 2011.[29]

Net worth

2011

Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, Duncan's net worth as of 2011 was estimated between -$24,983 and $1,304,995. That averages to $640,006, which is lower than the average net worth of Republican representatives in 2011 of $7,859,232. His average net worth decreased by 25.97% from 2010.[30]

2010

Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, Duncan's net worth as of 2010 was estimated between $338,018 to $1,390,996. That averages to $864,507 which is lower than the average net worth of Republican representatives in 2010 of $7,561,133.[31]

National Journal vote ratings

2012

Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted in the previous year. Duncan was 1 of 4 members who ranked 34th in the conservative rankings in 2012.[32]

2011

Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted in the previous year. Duncan was 1 of 3 members of congress who ranked 113th in the conservative rankings.[33]

Voting with party

2013

Jeff Duncan voted with the Republican Party 90.9% of the time, which ranked 219th among the 234 House Republican members as of June 2013.[34]

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